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John Lydon's latest noise
Live chat with 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'' Lisa Vanderpump here Friday
Kristen Stewart: 'Snow White' with Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron?
'CHiPs' star Wilcox sentenced by Fla. federal court to 3 years probation for securities fraud
Movie projector: 'The Rite' and 'Mechanic' open as 'King's Speech' looks for post-Oscar nomination boost
Charlie Sheen: Hiatal hernia pain sent him to the hospital
Ryu Bok-sung is the king of jazz in South Korea
Movie review: 'The Rite'
Movie review: 'The Mechanic'
James Franco and Anne Hathaway in Oscar promo pix

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Music is in the background, but the former Sex Pistols singer has stories to tell.

Music is in the background, but the former Sex Pistols singer has stories to tell.

Live chat with 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'' Lisa Vanderpump here Friday

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 12:00 PM PST

Vivacious Lisa Vanderpump is taking time out from grooming Giggy to chat with ShowTrackers everywhere!

Kristen Stewart: 'Snow White' with Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron?

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 07:35 AM PST

Kristen Stewart may be Snow White Kristen Stewart could be biting the apple with Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron in "Snow White and the Huntsman."

'CHiPs' star Wilcox sentenced by Fla. federal court to 3 years probation for securities fraud

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 09:07 AM PST

The actor who starred alongside Erik Estrada in the 1970s TV series "CHiPs" has been sentenced to 3 years probation on a securities fraud conviction.

Movie projector: 'The Rite' and 'Mechanic' open as 'King's Speech' looks for post-Oscar nomination boost

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 05:48 PM PST

"The King's Speech" is expanding its run and is expected to contend for the top box-office spot alongside "The Rite" and "The Mechanic."

Charlie Sheen: Hiatal hernia pain sent him to the hospital

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 06:09 PM PST

"Two and a Half Men" star was treated for intense abdominal pain stemming from a hiatal hernia.

Ryu Bok-sung is the king of jazz in South Korea

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He has been admittedly obsessed with the music since the first time he heard it, in 1953. But his passion has come with a high price.

Ryu Bok-sung was a teenager fiddling with his radio dial in rural South Korea when he chanced upon a strange new music he couldn't name, but it struck an immediate emotional chord.

Movie review: 'The Rite'

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A priest goes to exorcism school, where evil lurks. Anthony Hopkins stars.

Offering moderately scary Roman Catholic "gotcha!"s to a global film audience of all creeds, "The Rite" comes from the director Mikael Hafstrom, whose previous film was the stylish supernatural thriller "1408."

Movie review: 'The Mechanic'

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Jason Statham takes over the Charles Bronson role in this remake, a brutal splatter-fest that is worse than the 1972 original.

The cheap, cruddy remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson vehicle "The Mechanic" has been rejiggered for Jason Statham with 10 times the brutality.